This is a great list for those of us who are either from Karachi, live there now, or have been there sometime in their lives. If you can add to the list, please do…..

And for those of you that have great stories of your experience in the city, please share those too!

You know you’re from Karachi when…

1. You get shocked when someone stops at a yellow light
2. You never really know what to say when someone asks you what there is to see in Karachi
3. You give “missed calls”
4. You’ve never really seen a tourist
5. Its December and you attend 5 mehndis/shaadis in one night and end up meeting the same people at each of them
6. You use the phrases “what’s the scene?” “scene on hai” or “whose she sceening with?”
7. You still have some of Everest Videos movies and don’t plan to return them
8. You’ve met a Parsi
9. You’ve given an exam at Regent Plaza
10. You feel you never have to wait in line if you are with “lay-diss” (ladies)
11. You’ve bought a dvd of a movie that hasn’t even been released yet
12. You actually go “out for coffee”
13. You used to go for tuitions even though didn’t need them
14. You say that you really like that restaurant/shop and someone says “oh yea, my family owns that”
15. You categorize people as “burgers” or “melas”
16. You roll down your car window and you can actually touch the car next to you
17. You go by landmarks not street names

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